Costa
Rica will turn you on to the best fresh and salt water fishing
!!!
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Giant
marlin, sailfish beyond number, high-jumping tarpon, record-class
snook and a dozen or more hard hitting fresh water species…
Costa Rica
has them all!
Fishing
just doesn’t get any better than you will find in friendly,
peaceful Costa Rica, and
because this is a small nation, it’s possible to enjoy
it all on a single visit, perhaps with a day of white water
rafting and tours to a volcano and rain forest thrown in.
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The
fishing areas on both coasts are serviced by regularly scheduled
in-country airlines and charter flights. There is always plenty
of action someplace in the country, but it varies with migratory
patterns, seasons and prevailing wind, weather, currents, and
other natural conditions at any given time. The best time to
come fishing in Costa Rica?
Whenever you can get here! |
Following
is a guide to seasons in the key fishing areas, but keep in mind
that fish don’t always check the calendar.
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Key
to Charts:
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| The
best number one |
#1 |
| Check
the moon |
#2 |
| Warehouse
cleaning |
#3
|
Caribbean
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MONTHS
|
J
|
F
|
M
|
A
|
M
|
J
|
J
|
A
|
S
|
O
|
N
|
D
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| TARPON |
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
| SNOOK |
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Northern
Pacific - Guanacaste
|
MONTHS
|
J
|
F
|
M
|
A
|
M
|
J
|
J
|
A
|
S
|
O
|
N
|
D
|
| MARLIN |
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
| SAILFISH |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
| DOLPHIN |
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
| TUNA |
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
| WAHOO |
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| ROOSTERFISH |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
| MACKEREL |
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| DOGTOOTH
SNAPPER |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
| BROOMTAIL
GROUPER |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Southern
Pacific - Golfito
|
MONTHS
|
J
|
F
|
M
|
A
|
M
|
J
|
J
|
A
|
S
|
O
|
N
|
D
|
| MARLIN |
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| SAILFISH |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
| DOLPHIN |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
| TUNA |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
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| WAHOO |
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
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| ROOSTERFISH |
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
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| MACKEREL |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
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| DOGTOOTH
SNAPPER |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| BROOMTAIL
GROUPER |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
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Central
Pacific - Quepos
|
MONTHS
|
J
|
F
|
M
|
A
|
M
|
J
|
J
|
A
|
S
|
O
|
N
|
D
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| MARLIN |
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
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| SAILFISH |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
| DOLPHIN |
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
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| TUNA |
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
| WAHOO |
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
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| ROOSTERFISH |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
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| MACKEREL |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
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| DOGTOOTH
SNAPPER |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
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| BROOMTAIL
GROUPER |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
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Fishing
Areas
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